Winfield Surname

26,500th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Winfield Surname Definition:

(English) 1 belonging to Winfield [Old English feld, a field, plain: suff. early forms to determine the orig. of the first element (whether the pers. name Wina or Wine, Winne or Wynna; ge)winn, battle; wyn(n, pleasure; ge)wind, winding path; &c.

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Winfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,9611:33,0684,129
England5,4451:10,2331,511
Australia1,8361:14,7042,086
Canada8061:45,7145,620
Israel3301:25,9323,795
South Africa1821:297,68028,740
Wales1721:17,9911,951
New Zealand1161:39,0376,614
Scotland1001:53,5384,539
Mexico741:1,677,38117,205
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Barbados221:13,066873
Bermuda191:3,436515
Malta181:23,9041,289
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
Philippines121:8,436,519202,133
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Puerto Rico101:355,0142,904
France91:7,380,302306,885
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
China61:227,886,92811,701
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
India51:153,413,076951,030
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,4731:9,8571,484
Wales191:82,5483,796
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1171:23,7222,956

Winfield (4,258) may also be a first name.

Winfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) 1 belonging to Winfield [Old English feld, a field, plain: suff. early forms to determine the orig. of the first element (whether the pers. name Wina or Wine, Winne or Wynna; ge)winn, battle; wyn(n, pleasure; ge)wind, winding path; &c.) are not available] Winfield, Kent, was formerly Wingfield. A 'Winfelde maner’ is mentioned in a I4th-cent. Notts Inq. ad q. Damn. A ‘Richard de Winfeld' occurs in the Hundred-Rolls for Northumb.

The Winnefeld in the famous Will of Wulfric, c. a.d. 1000, is apparently Wingfield, Derbysh.

2 v. Winkfield, Wingfield.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Wingfield (grazing ground), in Derbyshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The Winfields, or Wingfields, take their name from Derbyshire parishes. The Wingfields, of Wingfield in Suffolk, were a very distinguished family in the 14th and 15th centuries (L.). The surname also occurs in Herts.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Winfield Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Winfield Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Winfield is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Winfield? popularity and diffusion

The last name Winfield is the 26,500th most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 358,780 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Winfield are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 106,165th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 4,258 people.

Winfield is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 10,961 people, or 1 in 33,068. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, California, where 6 percent reside and Illinois, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Winfield occurs in 61 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Winfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Winfield has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Winfield last name increased 518 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 220 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 905 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 10,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Winfield Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Winfield last name are 5.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.94% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Winfield earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.39% more than the national average, earning R 381,144 per year; in United States they earn 6.69% less than the national average, earning $40,262 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.69% more than the national average, earning $50,524 CAD per year.

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